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(Fragment)Annual Silent Auction to Benefit Alzheimer's Research
Barbara Johnson of Pewter & Wood Antiques, Cave Creek, Arizona, is hosting the tenth annual Alzheimer’s Benefit Silent Auction on March 19 from 1 to 2 p.m. MT. Pewter & Wood will host an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. on the same day.
All the auction items are donated by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)U.S. Antique Shows Cancels Pier Show for November 2016
The Pier Antique Show scheduled for November 12 and 13 at New York City’s Pier 94 has been canceled. Dealers received an e-mail from U.S. Antique Shows on February 3 announcing the news.
“At this time we do not have any indication that the ten-year trend—that has seen the Pier Antique ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, March 2016
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
The Historical Apothecary Compendium: A Guide to Terms and Symbols by Daniel ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection with $1.4 Million Ponzi Scheme
On January 15, Rose Marie O’Reilly, 63, of La Grange, Texas, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for her role in an estimated $1.4 million Ponzi scheme. In addition to the prison term, O’Reilly was ordered to pay $1,463,128.50 in restitution and to be placed on supervised release ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Buyers (for a Head) Are Not Better than One
A sculpture had one seller, two buyers, and two wildly different prices.
On January 12, Gagosian Gallery of New York City filed suit in federal court against Pelham Europe, Ltd. in a case involving the sale of Pablo Picasso’s 1931 sculpture Buste de Femme (Marie Thérèse), which was on loan to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bill Introduced to Extend Tax to Out-of-State Art Purchases in New Mexico
The New Mexico legislature is considering extending a state tax on fine art sales to out-of-state, nonresident buyers. Senate Bill 226 would require all receipts from a New Mexico place of business to be reported.
“This would extend the New Mexico gross receipts tax, New Mexico’s versions of the sales tax,” ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Willard Lighthouse Clocks
A Book Review
Simon Willard Patent Alarm Time Pieces: An Exhibition of Willard Lighthouse Clocks by Paul J. Foley and John C. Losch Willard House & Clock Museum, 2016, 110 pages, softbound, $35 plus S/H from the Willard House & Clock Museum, (www.willardhouse.org/shop) or (508) 839-3500.
Simon Willard, perhaps America’s best-known clockmaker, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Charged with Two Counts of Theft
Antiques dealer Robert Jones, 48, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, has been charged with two counts of “Theft—Business Setting,” a felony, according to a criminal complaint filed on January 19.
Court papers state that a police investigator was contacted by Marc Storch on November 15, 2015. Storch reported that he had contracted ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago's February Sales
Rago Arts, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago Arts
Rago Arts and Auction Center presented its three-day 20th-century arts and design auction February 26-28 in four catalogs. Two catalogs were for private collections, one with Tiffany, French art glass, and German porcelain plaques, and the other the collection of James and Rose ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sweet Sale Sweeps Graeter's Americana into Others' Collections
Main Auction Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Main Auction Galleries
Auctioneer J. Louis “Jay” Karp had a simple explanation for the success of the February 28 sale at Main Auction Galleries in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. “Getting great stuff,” he said. “That’s the trick of the game.”
The best material was Americana from the ... (Read More)
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